Video. Germany's Merz Announces Sweeping Reforms in Key Breakthrough
The package includes a mandatory pension fund and new investment rules as the coalition seeks to revive growth and stabilize Germany’s budget.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition agreed on €10 billion in annual income tax relief and measures to bolster Germany's labor market as part of reforms designed to revive economic growth and stabilize the budget.
- The coalition gained unexpected momentum last week when parties backed a pension system proposal, moving forward with a mandatory contribution to funnel at least €30 billion annually into a capital-market fund modeled on Sweden's 1990s system.
- Parties agreed to ban real estate nationalization attempts targeting Berlin's referendum and will transform the Germany Fund into a strategic investment vehicle to attract private capital for critical raw materials and energy infrastructure.
- Incomes of €250,000 or more face 45% taxation, rising to 47% at €280,000, while a working family with two children earning €60,000 receives more than €600 in tax relief from 2028.
- As Merz's government grows more vigilant on trade with China, it will speed up European Union anti-dumping measures and offer investment protections to shield domestic capabilities in strategic sectors.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Thursday that the ruling coalition had reached an agreement on tax reform. The government will reduce the tax burden on low- and middle-income earners and finance it by raising taxes on high-income earners.
Video. Germany's Merz announces sweeping reforms in key breakthrough
Video. After seven hours of talks, the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.
After long negotiations, the Union and SPD agreed on a tax reform. Families should have more money in the wallet. But who really benefits and who doesn't? The overview.
The German governing coalition has reached an agreement on sweeping reforms to boost the struggling economy and strengthen the labor market. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said this on Thursday during a press conference following lengthy talks between his center-right CDU party and the center-left coalition partner SPD.
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